Trouble choosing a save folder in pages

I'm having trouble choosing where to save a new pages file.
I choose Save As and then enter the folder name I'm looking for into the search window.
But the resulting folder names are greyed out so I can't choose them. Any solutions?

Pages '09 will remember the last folder location of the previously saved document. If you quit Pages and restart it, the open dialog presents the folder and last file(s) you saved there.
If you want the search feature to work on save as, you need to switch into the indicated Finder mode. Here I am searching for a folder (test-folder) that is two-levels deep in my home directory.
The folder is found, and displays the files already located in it. Now all I have to do is name the file and press Save. No preferences were harmed in this demonstration.

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Recently moved my wife from Microsoft Word to Pages in Lion
All her work docs have been in Word (saved to many different particular folders in Dropbox)
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false = don't close possible warning displayed after Word import
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• lines executed if one double click the application script's icon *)
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dans un bloc System Events pour avoir un titre de dialogue "localisé"
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Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 19 août 2011 17:16:31
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